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My 16 year old daughter needs a new car for school and part time work.
Since costs are always an issue I really like the warranty on Hyundai.
Soliciting comments, good and bad, on owners of 2004 and 2005 models with
all the airbags.
Thank you,
Seamus J. Wilson

 

On the basis of good experience with my 2003 Elantra GT (about 23,000 miles,
nothing but oil changes and tire rotations), when my 16 year old needed
transportation last November, I got her a 2002 Accent. So far, no problems
and she loves it.

Bob

 

Thank you for the reply.
Seamus J.

 

Please don't top-post. Message rearranged for easier reading
comprehension.

You misspelled "used car" there. New Hyundais are cheap, but a 1996
Toyota Corolla is cheaper, even if it needs $1000 worth of work. You
might want to post your geographical area. NYC != LA != Ann Arbor !=
BFE, and differing conditions in differing areas may mean one model of
Hyundai will work better than another.

YMMV on that Accent. My mother rented one when she spent several weeks
in California last year, and she hated it. "Tiny, didn't accelerate
very fast, felt like it was going to fall apart any second" was how she
summed it up. FWIW, I have a 2003 Tiburon GT, have never had any
mechanical trouble with it, and love it. (You do *not* want to give a
16-year-old a Tiburon GT, though. If I'd had my Tib when I was 16, I
would've wrapped it around a tree in less than a month.)

Make sure you tell your daughter about regular maintenance, and make her
buy her own gas and pay for oil changes/whatever (or teach her how to
change the oil herself, if she wants to learn.) Taking care of a car
takes some time and money, and the sooner she learns that, the fewer
problems she'll have later on.

 

From: Dances With Crows

Thank you Mr. Wimpy.

 

We bought new Elantras for our two daughters in 2001 and 2003 and they have
been great. Highly recommended.

 

Thank you Cathy for kind reply.
Best,
Seamus J. Wilson

 

I LOVE MY ACCENT
I beat on it and it keeps on going the number of very stupid things I have
done in it is amazing
right up to rolling it and it still was able to keep on going